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I removed search box from Firefox few months ago and never looked back. I use search engine keywords instead[1]. My current keywords include goog, bing, amzn, c
by smnrchrds 14y ago
I removed search box from Firefox few months ago and never looked back. I use search engine keywords instead[1]. My current keywords include goog, bing, amzn, crate, and wiki. Guess what search engine they refer to. :)
[1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_keyword_searches http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_keyword_searches
- shardling 14y agoI really, really prefer the search box. For me, searching the web and searching my history are very different intents; so activating them with different keystrokes doesn't seem like much of a burden.
- bjustin 14y agoI did too, but Google instant changed things. Try this: 1) Set your search engine to Google (if it isn't currently) 2) Remove the search bar. 3) Press ctrl+k (cmd+k) and start typing. You'll be searching on Google's site, by far the best search experience with Google Instant on. The only downside is that you need a reasonably fast, low-latency connection for it to work well[1]. [1] Fine with decent Internet service, but what a downside it is on a lesser connection. The ~0.5-1 sec delay was unbearable on a 3Mbps DSL connection with average latency.
- shardling 14y agoI often use the search box for of stuff other than googling. (Wikipedia, Amazon, arxiv, and a couple of specific wikis.)
- fafner 14y agoYou'll love this https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/awesome-bar-find-your-bookmarks-history-and-tabs#w_changing-results-on-the-fly https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/awesome-bar-find-your-b...
- mcepl 14y ago+1 ... except that gg is a keyword for DuckDuckGo. I just couldn't switch my finger memory from gg, so I rather switched the alias ;)